Arctic Bird Populations Collapse Amid Climate Chaos and Government Inaction
As Norway’s Arctic seabirds face catastrophic declines from climate change and bird flu, inadequate local and global responses reveal a dangerous disregard for fragile ecosystems that have direct implications for American national security interests.
In the remote Norwegian town of Vardø, where the Barents Sea meets the Arctic Circle, a silent war is raging—a war not just against dying seabirds but against the cascading consequences of failed environmental policies and unchecked climate change. With kittiwake populations slashed by 80% since the 1990s due to shifting ocean temperatures, predation, fisheries disruption, and devastating bird flu outbreaks, this ecological crisis has rapidly become a cautionary tale of global mismanagement with real stakes for American national security. Can We Afford to Ignore This Arctic Ecological Collapse? The Barents Sea’s delicate ecosystem is unraveling under pressures few are...
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